LIBERALISM KEY THINKERS

Immanuel Kant

Early version of Democratic Peace Theory

Perpetual Peace : A philosophical Sketch

1795

Kant believed

Republican governments (what we call democracies) would be less likely to go to war with each other.

Idea of Perpetual Peace included (1)

Governments must be representatives (citizens decide, and they suffer the cost of war, so they avoid it)

Idea of Perpetual Peace included (2)

Countries should form federations of free states that resolve disputes peacefully.

Idea of Perpetual Peace included (3)

Economic interdependence (especially commerce) reduces incentives for war.

Micheal W. Doyle

Updates Kant for modern IR

Liberalism and World Politics

1986

Doyle distingues 3 traditions of liberalism

Liberal pacifism, liberal imperialism, liberal internationalism.

Keohane and Nye

“Complex Interdependence” = stated are not the only important actors and military force is less central in international relations; economic and social ties also play crucial roles.

Power and Interdependence

1977

Andrew Moravcsik

Liberal Theory of International Politics

Taking Preferences Seriously: A Liberal Theory of International Politics

1997

Liberal Theory of International Politics focuses on :

Societal Preferences, State Behaviour and International Outcomes